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Job 19:20
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I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
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Job 19:20 in Other Translations
KJV
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My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
ESV
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My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
NLT
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I have been reduced to skin and bones and have escaped death by the skin of my teeth.
MSG
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I'm nothing but a bag of bones; my life hangs by a thread.
CSB
20
My skin and my flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Job 19:20 In-Context
18
Even the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me.
19
All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me.
20
I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
21
“Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
22
Why do you pursue me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
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Job 2:5
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Job 33:21
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Psalms 102:5
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[a].
Or "only by my gums"
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